Day: March 12, 2014

Story Summary by Rami Khouri In Libya and Yemen, two Arab countries that are experiencing complicated, slow-motion transitions to more representative and accountable rule, we can clearly see a structural issue of troubled statehood that may also bedevil other Arab countries. As Libya and Yemen move ahead with plans to […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has his eyes on Crimea (Keystone) swissinfo.ch and agencies March 12, 2014 – 19:49 Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, in his capacity as chairman of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin about how to […]

BY STAFF REPORT The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Tuesday ruled that Pakistani laws prohibiting marriage of underage children are un-Islamic. At the end of its two-day session on Tuesday, the CII said there is no minimum age of marriage according to Islam. Islam does not forbid marriage of […]

A Mighty Girl: by Jennifer de Beer — Do you know the name of the Polish social worker who rescued 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII? How about the name of America’s first female self-made millionaire? Can you name a British suffrage movement leader who Time Magazine declared to […]

Iranian president makes first Arab trip to Oman DUBAI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is visiting nearby Oman on his first trip to an Arab country since taking office last year.Iran´s state TV says Rouhani, who has vowed to improve Tehran´s relations with neighbors, landed in Muscat on Wednesday. A […]

Continue reading the main story In an emotional speech in Kiev on Sunday, former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky – recently released from 10 years in jail – told the Maidan “there is another Russia”, one opposed to military action in Ukraine. Russian writer and broadcaster Andrei Ostalski agrees […]

Epigraph: And thou (Muhammad) shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants and monks and because they are not proud. (Al Quran 5:83) The lead post written and collected by Zia H Shah […]

Source: thenorthwestern.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is holding a ‘Messenger of Peace’ conference to discuss Prophet Muhammad, the most sacred figure in Islam. The goal of this conference is to explain […]

Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in When life’s tragedies and traumas strike infants, young children and teens, the state and county foster care and child protective service agencies are the final safety net that keeps […]

Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in During his presentation, Imam Shamshad noted that the worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has written to many major world leaders to help further the cause of peace. […]

http://www.nation.com.pk/columns/11-Mar-2014/death-by-gm-contamination Death by GM contamination March 11, 2014 NAJMA SADEQUE How did all this happen? Easily. By steady, unrelenting persuasion by a chemical-cum-GM seed multinational sitting around in Pakistan the past 15 years, seemingly twiddling its thumbs. Starting in America, nothing happened by accident but by a well thought-out […]

Guardian: Iftikhar-ul-haq Khan, 46 Was: supreme court lawyer, Pakistan Now: volunteer, Citizens Advice, Liverpool In March 2010, Iftikhar-ul-haq Khan was dropping his children off at school when his car was […]

NY Times: Recently, I caught up with one of our angel investors for lunch: Peter is a brilliant entrepreneur from England who has lived all over the world. He has built several businesses and now lives a dream life with a house on a harbor, a happy family and a […]